A shake by any other name

by | Mar 7, 2013 | Culture

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine posted a message to our Facebook group: “I can’t stop watching these videos, guys.” She included a link to a 30-second YouTube clip, the contents of which are probably familiar to most readers by now: for 15 seconds, a masked person...

Rebel with a sexy cause

by | Feb 14, 2013 | Culture

Editor’s note, Dec. 2, 2015: In light of the recent allegations against James Deen purporting that he has sexually assaulted and raped several women working in the industry, Mia Steinberg has expressed that she no longer endorses or supports Deen’s work. ...

How a wimpy film fan learned to love horror

by | Jan 31, 2013 | Culture

Martyrs (2008) is a French film that, on the surface, looks quite similar to Saw or  Hostel — a nightmare for someone like me who couldn’t sit through the first Final Destination. It has mental hospitals, torture and horrific monsters covered in scars. At its heart,...

Battle of the books

by | Jan 17, 2013 | Opinions

I don’t own an e-reader, but I understand why many people do. Over the past few years, the technology has become so streamlined that it’s now cheap to own a basic tablet and put thousands of titles in one lightweight device. You can take your entire library with you...